By Talia Whyte
The Bay State Banner
Robert M. McDowell, one of the five commissioners that head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), conducted a town hall meeting at Emerson College last Thursday as part of a nationwide tour to inform the public about the upcoming transition to digital television on Feb. 17, 2009.
In 2005, Congress passed the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act, which requires that broadcasters stop transmitting the programming of their full-power television stations through analog signals as of next year. Instead, broadcasters must use newer digital technology.
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